I hope that you read my blog regarding our 41 married years together?
What I forgot to include was the faux-pas I committed on the day and which truly demonstrated my lack of understanding of the French and their greetings card industry.
Being the last minute "lulu" that I am, I had forgotten to get an anniversary card before we left the UK but to me, that was, "pas de problem." After all, there are plenty of newspaper and greetings card shops in France and all I needed to do was slip off discreetly and acquire said card.
Proud of myself, on the day I handed over the card to Linda waiting for the reaction to the beautiful display of Calla Lillies on the front and my personal verse inside.
I didn't expect a burst of laughter but understood very quickly the reason!
Apparently, I had given her a Sympathy card rather than an Anniversary one! Perhaps there was some kind of sub-conscious Freudian intervention here and that really what Linda actually deserved was sympathy for the 41 years she has now suffered with me?
On the other hand, perhaps she still loves me despite all my foibles??
Proud picture of the offending card is below.
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